Bend & peel medication dispenser
OwnerThomas D. Intiniinventor
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Abstract
There is provided a child resistant and senior friendly tamper evident package having a blister sheet with blister pockets for medicants, a rupturable foil sealed to a back side of the blister sheet, a layer of paper secured to a back side of the rupturable foil, and a reinforcing layer of a paperboard material being adhered to the paper layer with a portion of the reinforcing layer in registry with the blister pockets not being adhered thereto. There are provided tear strips and tab members to assist in removing the tear strips which delaminate.
Claims5
A child-resistant and senior friendly tamper evident package, said package comprising a blister sheet having at least one blister pocket projecting from a front side thereof;
- a rupturable foil sealed to a back side of said blister sheet to form a continuous cover over said blister pocket, said foil being of a thickness and material which can be ruptured to provide access to the pocket;
- a paper layer secured to a back side of said rupturable foil;
- a reinforcing layer of a paperboard material, said reinforcing layer being adhered to said paper layer, a portion of said reinforcing layer in registry with said at least one blister pocket not being adhered to said paper layer;
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- a tear strip formed in said reinforcing layer, said tear strip being associated with said at least one blister pocket such that said reinforcing layer will delaminate internally leaving a portion of said paper board material adhered to said paper layer within the periphery of said blister pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.